Thursday, October 08, 2026

OpenAI’s $25 billion research charity

Good news!

"The OpenAI Foundation — the charity arm of the artificial-intelligence behemoth — is on track to become one of the wealthiest non-profit organizations on the planet.
It has so far provided a $40 million grant for a project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop cancer vaccines, as well as funding for Alzheimer’s disease research and a pilot project to repurpose data from bankrupt biotechnology companies. ..."

Nature Briefing: Cancer

How to spend $25 billion on science: OpenAI’s staggeringly rich research charity gets under way "Jacob Trefethen, who leads life sciences at the OpenAI Foundation, speaks to Nature about the organization’s ambition to cure disease."

OpenAI Foundation "Our mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity."

Supporting Communities: Meet the 2026 People-First AI Fund Grantees "Our second People-First AI Fund is deploying $50 million to 163 nonprofits exploring how AI can help communities across the United States access essential services, strengthen creative and cultural institutions, and support local journalism."


Every grant begins with people. These are some of the communities the People-First AI Fund exists to support.


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